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25 projects win awards for design-build excellence
The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has announced its 19th annual Design-Build Project/…
Loudoun County, Virginia may dump green building requirements
Loudoun County, Va., supervisors may do away with a county policy that requires LEED Silver…
$300 million mixed-use project in Chicago’s medical district wins key approval
The Illinois Medical District Commission approved a 1.16 million sf, $300 million mixed-use project…
Senate bill provides guidelines for federal design-build projects
A bill intended to encourage the federal government to use two-phase design/build project delivery…
Vegetated residential tower breaks ground in Taiwan
Ground has been broken on the "One More" residential tower in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, at the front…
12 top picks for continuing education from BD+C University
WORKPLACE DESIGN: Make Way for the MILLENNIALS! Driven by changing work styles, mobile technology,…
Multifamily Sector Giants: Younger consumers, Sunbelt renaissance energize multifamily housing [2014 Giants 300 Report]
Multifamily housing construction is expected to remain relatively strong throughout 2014, according…
Risk scanning: A new tool for managing healthcare facilities
In 2009, we met with Senior Facility Managers of four U.S. national laboratories to discuss a major…
Shigeru Ban-designed Aspen Art Museum will open doors to public this week
After seeing a 200% increase in budget, number of students served, and annual visitors in recent…
Will driverless cars kill the parking structure?
With Google’s driverless car in the news again (see link to the Washington Post), it’s timely to…
New bomb-proof concrete mixture used in One World Trade Center
A new mixture of concrete has been developed to decrease the damage done in bomb attacks. This mix…
K-12 School Sector Giants: Pent-up demand finally produces movement in schools market [2014 Giants 300 Report]
After a long period of anemic performance, with growth mostly driven by renovations and additions,…
Construction economists optimistic about 2014 growth
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Chief Economist Anirban Basu, American Institute of…
Jean Nouvel commissioned to design Islam Museum next to WTC
Soho Properties’ CEO Sharif El-Gamal commissioned French architect Jean Nouvel to design the Islam…
Pencil app gives a paper-and-pen feel to digital drawing
Pencil, FiftyThree's new iPad pen, is now on sale. It was created by the same company that launched…
Facebook’s prefab data center concept aims to slash construction time in half
Less than a year after opening its ultra-green, hydropowered data center facility in Luleå, Sweden…
Retail Giants: Grocery-anchored centers, trophy malls among hot retail developments [2014 Giants 300 Report]
Pop quiz time: Of the total retail sales in 2013, what percentage came from online shopping? …
BIM Giants: Firms enhance BIM/VDC with advanced collaboration tools [2014 Giants 300 Report]
This past April, more than 500 AEC professionals—many from Giants 300 firms—gathered in Boston for…
7 habits of highly effective digital enterprises
Transforming your firm into a “digital business” is particularly challenging because digital…
